Progressive myoclonus in a child with a deep cerebellar mass

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 829-831

  Mink, Jonathan W ^a,c   Caruso, Paul A ^b   Pomeroy, Scott L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0141542553     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000082441.97535.ED     Document Type: Article

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